chief cabinet secretary yoshihide suga traveled to guam and met with u.s. house armed services committee member madeleine bordallo. they agreed to transfer 9,000 u.s. marines stationed in okinawa. about 4,000 of them will relocate to guam. >> it's encouraging that they will -- the u.s. military is building facilities in guam to accommodate 4,000 u.s. marines from okinawa. >> suga told bordallo that the japanese government had resumed preparatory work to relocate the futenma air station. bordallo says she will continue to work with japan to ensure that the transfer of u.s. marines remains on track. the plan is a burden too much. >>> japan's defense ministry has dropped plans to use a civilian airport in the southwestern prefecture of saga for u.s. military training involving osprey transport aircraft. defense minister gen nakatani defense minister nakatani visited the prefect turl office on thursday for talks with the governor yamaguchi. nakatani told yamaguchi they are withdrawing their request for the use of the airport for training involving osprey statio

they include deputy finance minister taro asso and fumio kishida and yoshihide suga and internal affairs and communications minister sanae tack achy. they have welcomed prime minister abe's new cabinet. >> we expect our close cooperation with the government of japan across a range of regional and global issues will continue to deepen. >> the spokesperson added the u.s. government is looking forward to strengthen relations with japan for asia and around the world. it's time to get business news. >> thank you very much, catherine. >>> figures just out of the cabinet office gave us a hint of how company managers are viewing japan's economic prospects. the people of japanese companies have been spending less on upgrading their equipment and facilities. the ministry officials say companies placed orders worth about $6.3 billion in august. the machinery orders fell 5.7% in yen terms from the months before. that's the third straight month of decline. the numbers don't include the shipbuilding and power sectors which tend to see large fluctuations. manufacturers cut back by 3.2% on their upgrade

japan's chief cabinet secretary yoshihide suga issued a warning. >> translator: north korea should notonduct any type of launch using ballistic missile technology under the united nations security council resolutions. if they do any kind of launch, it would be a clear violation of the resolutions. >> suga said government officials are gathering and analyzing intelligence information in cooperation with the u.s. and south korea. >>> some of the people in charge of the crippled nuclear plant in fukushima may face criminal charges. police have referred dozens of tokyo electric power company executives to prosecutors. and they say it's over the leaks of highly radioactive water into the sea following the 2011 accident. residents filed a criminal complaint two years ago against tepco and more than 30 former and current officials. they say the utility failed to properly manage storage tanks of contaminated water or build underground walls to block the flow. investigators say they have conducted interviews and analyzed various materials. >> translator: i believe the police looked into the cas

chief cabinet secretary yoshihide suga said the governor's decision is significant. safety needs to be the power company's top priority. he expects the regulatory committee to carry out regular checks. people have gathered outside of the office froeft the governor's decision. a senior member of the group said he doubts that the governor listened to the people opposing the restart. >> translator: ikata plant is in the center of the sea and surrounded by residential areas. those factors could lead to matters more serious than the fukushima accident. >> now the operator of the fukushima daiichi nuclear plant says they are moving forward to block contaminated ground water from seeping into the ocean. tokyo electric power or tepco completed the construction of underground walls on monday. the company had begun the construction of the water shielding wall in 2012, a year after the nuclear accident. the steel walls built along the entire stretch of the coastal embankment extend 30 meters under underground. the barriers are expected to reduce contaminated flow into the ocean